Hindawi Publishing Corporation Case Reports in Radiology Volume 2013, Article ID 638270, 2 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/638270 Case Report The Amyand’s Hernia: A Rare Clinical Entity Diagnosed by Computed Tomography Suat Keskin,1 Cihan FimGek,1 and Zeynep Keskin2 1 Department of Radiology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, P.O. Box 42080, Konya, Turkey 2 DepartmentofRadiology,KonyaTrainingandResearchHospital,Konya,Turkey Correspondence should be addressed to Suat Keskin;
[email protected] Received 28 February 2013; Accepted 26 March 2013 Academic Editors: K. Hayakawa, E. Kocakoc, L. Lampmann, D. P. Link, and C. M. Tiu Copyright © 2013 Suat Keskin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Amyand’s hernia, named for the first person to describe an inguinal hernia containing the vermiform appendix, is an uncommon variant of an inguinal hernia. Amyand’s hernia is an extremely rare condition and is often misdiagnosed. Traditionally, these hernias have been diagnosed at surgery but are increasingly diagnosed by abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans. CT of the abdomen may help in guiding the diagnosis. 1. Introduction extended to the right inguinal channel. A small amount of fluid was present around, also Figures 1(a) and 1(b) with an The finding of vermiform appendix in inguinal hernia is appendicealfecalith(seealsoFigures1(a) and 1(b)). The wall called Amyand’s hernia. Appendix within inguinal hernias is ofappendixwasthickened.Atsurgery,aninflamedappendix uncommon, with a reported incidence varying from 0.28% to with appendiceal fecalith was found within the hernia sac.